Archive for May, 2010
Koel Ki Cook Nahi Bijli Chayee by Abdul Qadir Hassan
4 May, 2010
Express columns
SAARC revisited by Javid Husain
4 May, 2010Javid Husain The absence of a long-term sense of direction has been a perennial feature of Pakistan’s foreign policy since its independence. This shortcoming has been the direct result of the lack of vision on the part of our policy makers about the place and the role of our country in the comity of nations [...]
Show me the way to Greece
4 May, 2010Eric S. Margolis Worries about a bond market crash in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy are now worrying enough to catch the attention of normally self-absorbed American investors. Banks in the US are only slowly recovering from the 2008 crash. Here on Wall Street, there are mounting worries that a new crisis in Europe could [...]
Madhuri Gupta – spy or scapegoat? by Farooq Hameed Khan
4 May, 2010Farooq Hameed Khan Madhuri Gupta, in a Delhi court, said: “I am being framed”, facing charges of passing on “information” to her “Pakistani handlers”, while posted as second secretary in the Media and Information Wing of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. As per Indian news reports, the 53 year old, unmarried, specialist Urdu interpreter [...]
An open letter to the PM by Ikramullah
4 May, 2010Ikramullah Mr Prime Minister, now that the 18th Amendment has been passed unanimously, I take this as an opportunity to highlight the areas that have been neglected by your government. One such area is the energy sector. Though the current power crisis has not erupted overnight, but Mr Prime Minister your government has been in [...]
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